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NACHITOCHES POPULIST.
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VOL. IV NATCHITOCHES, LA., APRIL 29. 1898. N
BRYAN'S ARGUMENT.
BAY& COtOPERATION IS WISE
.AN6 ICJbESSARY.
Seemlee Qr Independent Bimetallism
sad Advocates of the Gold Stndard
»ad so DMealty in UIntisa --Bevers
m"e Uvged.
While it is always dificul to secure
harmonious co-operation between dis
Unct and separate political organiza
tions, therrare times when this co-op
erat±*# t h wise pd necessary.
In the. ess gn of 1896 the Demo
erats, Populists and Silver Republicans
united il.,demanding the immediate
9sWtoMida ,f independent bimetallism
at the existing` ratio of 16 to 1, ana
they agreed in declaring that the
o qution was of paramount im
rtae a that title.
The question now arises, should
trap political organizations act
er ithe ,oongresulonal cam
I nmwer Without hesitation, Yes,
a swer No must assume
tbe  proving first, that co
Sanwie in 1896, or sec
,nld, 4 diiu have so changed
as to lie now what was wise
till:: e : that befell the allied
t t beean unwise, unless
' can be 80oia that some one party
eoal4 have bhep more successful than
Q"fvaq t "  does not contemplate
th t of part; rgm oanisation
do'- sui~~ prtei an politic prrio
f ti~iron o~ deedefended op
that the platforms of the
sts ar eidntical. Cam
tar pon a few is
ajns onse, and events
o deatermlne whieh Issue shall
u- 'wer7 ' pebU attention.
and sil
k_ th ggehe alght
talns control of ,congress in 1898,
abandon 'the system which gives the
debtor the option, and substitute a new
system,.which, first, permits the money
lenders to choose the coin of payment;
and, second, allows them to increase
the purchasing power of the dollars
which they demand, to the impover
ishment of the wealth producers of the
world.
Should those who oppose this finan
cial heresy, this child of greed and
avarice, fight each other while the
American people are bound with fet
ters of gold?
If the questions above presented have
lost none of their importance, it would
seem that co-operation is proper now,
it proper eighteen months ago, un
less it can be shown that the parties
which could trust each other then can
not do Bnodw. As there has been no
natio ft tiln since 1896, it is
im "·t' judge of the present in
e f 6 fte three parties unless we
take for our criterion the actions of
those who stand in a representative
eapacity.
The Democrats, the Populists, and
the Silver Republicans who in 1896 fa
vored the reforms which I have men
tioned favor them to-day. There is not
a prominent man of any of the parties
which, united in 1896 who has aban
done4 anyofithe reforms which.drew
the it1s together.
Th ad4 , tp gold standard,
the e dent bimetallism,
the opponents of the greenbacks, the
friends of national bank notes, the de
fenders of trusts, the supporters of
government by injunction, and those
who object to arbitration and an in
come tax--all these find no difmculty
in uniting on the main issues, no mat
ter how much they may differ upon
minor ones,. Shall the friends of re
form show less earnestness or less sa
gacity? Reforms are often delayed by
an 'ttempt to secure too much, while
progress is usually made a little at a
time. If one cherishes the hope of lay
ing up a competency for old age, he
does not refuse to save anything until
hie ann save all that he desires. It
he is, wise he lays aside .a little each
day and makes it the foundation for
his fortuine. Society moves forward
slowWi: Circumstances make it possi
ble tq kr , o AP n naý e little higher
thald :ýre tccupebditioe, and from
itw ed fo te capture of some great
er ht_ iollal$ hat expred mtan
f4twb 1e not gained by a single
boun4
1 bild te ladder, by which we
t lowly earth to the vaulted
f4tount to its summit round by
ai mllions of. our people believe
;ti : ! " . fru abovb enumerated
ast advaintage to the pro
`'o 4 Inst w ether the ad
Ph or little, these are
,iii thothet efore s orb e d re
A *V9U tls05AAh@ be
apt~a be sei~iandsoty ns1
" iije~~ert in the lasP ca-m
Sl * , PQpallst5 er I16i
patsP tings for whici
Iaeq~peqedtespl
er jdsW ~ybie ma
now upon us; it will require all the
intelligence and patriotism of the peo
ple to rescue the governmeht from the
hands of a party which has become the
defender and abettor of every form of
political viCe. In such a crisis there is
no time to discuss the ultimate effect
of co-operation upon any particular
party. We may rest assured that the
people will bestow hodor where honor
is due, and that that party which shows
the greatest devotion to the welfare of
the people will in the end receive due
credit for every laudable endeavor.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
BRITISH VIEW OF SILVER.
British diplomats and e':mmereial
agents in the far east are 'constantly
reminded of the fact that, silver has
been demonetized. The commercial
man in New York or London may shut
his eyes and try not to see what is
taking place in the world, but the East
Indian Englishman is compelled to
face the truth. From time to time
some conservative Englishman ex
presses his opinion to the home gov
ernment or the English public in a
manner that cannot :be misunderstood.
One of the most recent books on the
far eastern question is. that published
in 1894. by Valentine Chirol. This
gentleman has been for many years in
timately connected with Chinese and
Japanese affairs. He' has even been
summoned before the Tsungli-Yamen,
the Chinese foreign office, to give his
advice on affairs of state. We cannot
but feel assured that he has a pretty
full knowledge .of the whole far east
ern situation. Here is what he has to
say about the effects in the east of the
fall of silver:
"9 ne does not require to believe in
bimetallism in order to recognise the
enormous advantages Which the manu
facturers in a silver country enjoy in
competing with gold countries. The
cost of the necessaries of life so far
as the masses are concerned, has re
maflied absolutely unaffected by the
fall in the value of silver, and the
workman is therefore quite content to
teceive the same wages as he did for
merly; for their purchasing power, as
far as he is concerned, is still the same.
But while the wages bill of the emr
bloyer in China and Japan has remain
ed actually the same, it stands, .in
relation to hisi western 'competitor, at
only half the figure to which it former
ly aztiopiuted, now that the value of the
silver dollar has fallen from one-ftth
to nearly one-tenth of the pound, that
is frob four shiding to two shillings in
gold. Thid, wvdre, for example, fot
the productionM f similar goods to the
value aof say, I100, the cbt of. labor
wai aaid owtl Is b20 in :na land ;0
in ehinqar r Japae, thre seal cost In
Chtisa oa Jbpan is no longer, as I- was
;for Ser)K - £10 stet riu reng rre as
*atpst .i whes carried to d,
but only , '. And the stmep plies to
any ra* u'0te r al required tor the por
powna 91: drie nje which. t e
gold and splijer countaiur equally
prcduae.athe ilyer.preite of .Carts
OWWl, :lotwitbtifnding th rlt, Mof 'its
gold portie Incretased frome410 to .
t silver, pelf ton, while,
ex oell p.at laid down. in
the priceo Japanese coalbsb
Ps per toanflks Q ve, os tor the rpaess
of oem E w14thM $O14 ooutl r to
itatle z1e. tIC~uaB u4p*l 4 pr 'ten,
fat ~ 6lWr phtfissystily 0
qwre workingat 4a
THIS COUNTRY FORUS.
SO SAYS OUR AMERICAN CON
STITUTION.
Ours a Government of the People, by
the People and for the People of the
United States-But all This Has Been
Repudiated in Our Financial Affairs.
The preamble to the Constitution of
the United States is as follows:
"We, the people of the United States,
in order to form a more perfect union,
establish Justice, provide for the com
mon defense, secure domestic tran
quillity, promote the general welfare,
and secure to ourselves and our poster
ity the blessings of liberty, do ordain
and establish this Constitution."
By this preamble the constitutional
powers and purposes of our govern
ment are to be interpreted, says An
son Wolcott, of Indiana, in the Silvdr
Knight-Watchman. Ours is a "gov
ernment of the people, by the people,
and for the people" of the United
States of America. All this and noth
ing less is claimed. By this patriotic
principle, all the, powers of congress,
ill interpretations 'by our courts, and
all acts of our executive officers must
be measured and construed. If there be
anything done at variance with the
constitutional interests or rights of our
people, then such thing of variance is
a wrong which demands the prpmptest
redress.
The source of all governmental au
thority in the United States is author
itatively declared to be "of and in our
people," and such power is to be exer
cised by our people. The government
is a trusteeship only, and is strictly
limited by its constitutional powers. It
any attempt shall be made to exceed
the granted powers, or to exercise such
powers, except for the purposes de.
elared in the Constitution, it is moral
treason, and may be legal treason.
Please do not forget that our gov
ernment, under the Constitution, is "to
promote the general welfare of the peo
ple of the United States, and to se
cure the blessings of liberty." This is
its beneficent purpose.
In his rement speech in New York, our
distinguished President, William Mc
Kinley, in all he ,said. relative to our
agriculture, manufactures, and com
merce, recognise: fully and without re
serve the duties of 'dur government "to
promote the general *ielfre of the peo
pie of the United States." But when
he disuonssd the fnanaial policies that
should prevail in,.our government he
wholly forot our people, their inter
eats and their rights, and in a long
harnuign, t.i4a t that the United
States sho!iddischi~ . "all its obli
ations, at .hojne and abrojd, in the
tqpel~lt rieeognised as the best
i t do the eivilised wold at the
e of r et," totally regardless
& the o l4wation. paid , or the terms
ot the .conasct. WereIa pai1 ts citi
sea, thb atrney or a fept of a debtor
to do this an be of a creditor,
and It a r u houlda be pgid the
creditor: tbi. tvi, o'ntra• called for,
ruae .ttot iwlo iiºiot IAwtnw,4 1 lw and equity
be: kposnlbile to the creditor for the
ierfece. A:lbad should the excess so
paid beH pagd oP t of fands hi the attor
nes' handq, he would be liable ,to a
rmrlinal p~qeoscton for embeszzle.
meat. ,Wlh overnment that would do
Sth me s tmnu woeld -be norally de
)lrtquent to its people.
iesales. ihere lihe (·onstitution of
th-United tatte is there By provi
sio indicati( tha :there.is duty
fraineit4 yrra ltaws so as to conl
tors to ath4 ,u a othP r ouutry
snPh duty, eiasts an unatotic s
rI nidot*ditti 
lris we W de to 'be an independent,
Spate a oiwi,
to be our ng*
ofipollt
i9:,inanmoal ques
itaependece is
this political
- shall
tg ental ac
ttti:,
~: says'iRJ
4·tili;
cans," and that our laws, always and in
all things, shall fully represent our
free institutions, and maintain this
government purely and strongly as a
"government of the people, by the peo
ple, and for the people of the United
States," and not become a government
of any combination of the powers of
wealth or any other powers to en
croach upon the people's unrestricted
"inalienable right to life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness" in their own
free way under their own National
Constitution, notwithstanding the hos
tile designs of the empires and mon
archies of Europe.
Our great and patriotic Washington
in his farewell address to the Ameri
can people warned them to "beware ol
entangling alliances with foreign na
tions."
The modern legislation of our coun
try fostering gigantic financial combin
ations and trusts and foreign money
borrowing for the promotion of such
trusts has entangled us in thirty-one
billions and four hundred and eighty
eighty millions of dollars of debt ($31,
488,000,000). (See speech of Congress
man Walker, chairman of the commit
tee of banking and currency, March 23,
1892.) And our people have become
debtor slaves to the creditors who hold
these vast sums of the obligations of
the people of the United States; the
result of the incompetency or errors
of those who have wielded for these
many years the powers of our govern
ment.
POINTS FROM THE PRESS.
Blessed are the righteous minority,
for they are the forerunners of every
reform.-The Pointer.
The Populists in Oregon have made
arrangements for fusion with the Dem
ocrate and with the Silver Republic
an. The members of the People's
party elsewhere have consented to
fuse with the Democrats on congres
sional nominations. The outlook for
the fall campaign is, consequently,
very good, The Populists ought to se
cure forty members of the next house,
which would be nearly double the
membership they have now. The
southern contingent will probably be
larger than it is now. As for the west,
it is more anti-Republican than it has
been for many years.--Twentieth Cen
tury.
The essence of slavery is in getting
something for nothing-in: getting
serviee without rendering service in
exchan e. This iis true, whether the
slavery be by mea:ns of the ownership
of the bodiet of moen, the ownership of
land on which and from which they
must live, or of a dollar which repre
sents wealth instead of service.-The
Equitist.
The women of the plutocracy of Chi
cago, having no idess higher than ani
mal, have organitsd a society for the
propagation of thoroughbred' cats.
This may be called an evidence of Tom
Cat prosperity. dRah for McKinley
prseperity! Say, you ragged,_ hungry
American voting king, don't you wish
you were as good as a cat? Nice, in
telligent eats! Ugly, ignorant voting
kinga--Appeal to Reason,
Congressman Loud is again making
a noise about the pqstal deficit, and
trytiig to get all books abut out from
the cheap\postal rates that enable the
publishers to give good reading matter
at cheap prices. Mr. Loud will sepend
his efforte in vain. Senators Stewart
and iatler knocked:him out in the
last ongress ad it ist sate to prediet
they will not be caught napping in this
congrealk-NonCoitformist.
Ope more turl of the screw-press
that ia squeezing the life blood out of
"fTree" Ameritanas iis contemplated by
a clique Of scheniera in the lnterest of.
monopoly. t It a tobe hoped that the
imousi meawre known asu the Loud
bill will not becomae a law ntil the
iMorbil· ssao h dtueated the people
lsto methods of saplf-hetptale~s of a
peaceful nature. lThe people are igno
rant enough now. If the' cheap pam
tihletai and tihe sifplq copies of the re
forn pree are cp~ off antl.the mlads
of the m~Rss .ue left tp the tender
boultire ot te o qr tiL of capitalism,
ignerance willhe intensifed and op
preulpp owill run ~iot. The result is
easy to foretell, fo: we have history as
a guide and like ca-useqs produce like ef
S-ifect .... -F, W, . in' Progressive
LinsoS ah~ait (age*, Depew b Co.
TI alsumption by Oage, Depew, and
nesly every 19pi9blican orator, in
eleb~P ra tse birthday of iUncola ,
t ~i id asis ar 9ldlte and in fa
·or otof the eleass agaiaht the masses,
recllto ind4 how differeit the teach
ing of"tenolno fro5i those of gold non
iopoiti.i FWor exaltple;, in his message
o Cnogrest of De·einb~ h 3,e 1861, in di -
ullaW I the  ior .Ion- he saiud:
"'.f," arlen t i ~.1 tao more worthy to
tiataed tai ti lwhetoil up froti
pivert~oR#s idst linied to take or
t4ih aught oi~thb have not i'on
earn tthem bewaie of au
*ui jpslsg ani W w whloh they
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÷i/:'-, ,=',"·L,.,¢.:.t.:',i
SCIENTIFIC V0 TING.P
WORKS OF THE PRESENT SYS
TEM SHOWN.
Direct Legislation and Froportionate
, Representalon Are the Remedies for
the Evils Illustrated in the Following
Skit by M r. Crldge.
Review of the Class in Political Skull
duggery:
Stand up, class in Political Skull
duggery. What is a majority, Johnny
Jugglem?
A sack and a boss, sir.
Keerect. What part of the whole
is 51 per cent. of 51 per cent?
The whole thing, sir.
Prove it.
Dead easy, sir. A law is the "ez*
pr'essed will of the people." It is en*
acted by a vote of 51 per cent. of a
bare quorum in Congress, and a bare
quorum is less than 51 per cent, So,
sir, 51 per cent. of 51 per cent. is the
whole thing.
Very good, Johnny, and very true
You will be author of an apportion.
ment gerrymander bill yet.
Teddy Fuddlem, give a further ex
ample of political arithmetic.
Yes, sir. A majority party in powe!
is run by a caucus vote, which is a
majority of itself. Therefore the bare
majority thrice removed is 100 peu
cent.
No doubt of it. Very wed, indeed!
Billy IAmbolaw, express this political
equation still further, please, that the
beauties of Political Skullduggery may
unfold before us.
SWith pleasure, sir. Members of Con
gress are sent from districts varying
from 7,000 to 60,u00 voters, and the
dominant party in power rarely has
thirty out of every hundred yotes east
to show to the credit of Its elected
candidates. A dominant clique in a
caucus rarely has over 15 pe? cont, of
the popular vote back of its indtvdial
members. But they can and do emaet
laws; hence 15 per cent .is equal to 00
per cent.
Yes, yes, but our beautif4i sateli
has more to show still. HoWull ag Pa
triot, give us the next step. i - o
It is this way, sir. Congrev'ls s i at
nominated by conventions, irad -
quently a candidate is nomlpi ted by a
bare scratch. The delegatef to tIltib.t
conventions come frdm ccautry ,
ventions; the members of -he let '
from primaries where, on ath 'i
those who vote do not exoid i pii
cent. of the rank and ile ofhbeps l .
So, sir, considering that q Of;
these steps within the party iora l:i
tion- past masters of our sel:ice A" .
control, it is safe to say that ti .`
dominant element in a parts ca t '
not the choice of 5 per cantil t "
era, and then one-half S lt Iltpcii
lation is distranchised and se-I. .
the voters won't vote. I /
Just so, young gentlemai ' but
proof of this has not bee ~ha1own
any- of you as yet. Dick l i, st/liti i
see if you can prove the eatp
Yes, sir. The proof liUesi t it i
that for the past third of
all legislation has been to it,
of less than S per cent. of the
Correct, correct. Now the~to ._- n
peat after me:
The ople are to blame
Elect honest men! t • -
The majority rules!
If you want reform, vote for It! H i
This is a free country!
The people rule!
Public oficers are public 4 i4 t-W !
Honest voters honest laws .,
Ha-ha! ha-ha! ha-ha!-ha
The class will now agou*i bs
Professor Prostituted Brain
Political Dxtravagace. -
ALFREID D.
Come forth from the valley,
from the hill, ./ i
Come forth from the waor)"olC
mine, and the inIrIf;
From pleasure or slumber, am atridy. '
Come forth in your myrLadp :Io aid *'
t(day. .
There's a word to be spokii, a deed:
to be done,
A truth to be uttered, a ca lse to be
won.
Come, youths, in your vigor; come,
men, in your prime;
Come, age with experience it sh gath*-:"-\
ered from time;
Come, workers, you're weleomne -e4,
thinhkers, you must; -
Come thick as the clouds in the m*i
. rmer dust,
Or the waves of the seA Ots .
brilgr t in the sun; , .
There's a truth to be told; 1 casais to
; be won.
--Choriss 7s atlsay
p The Vslsesartgee
Every man and eovry woman who
has brain of 'a superior cueqity is
visionary. It is only the 4'i, aeeca,
brootshe hod els there
eolpi plc